EVENT INFORMATION

7
January
1747

The slave ship Swift departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Jamaica.

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📅 7 January 1747 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Swift; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 164.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Reeve, Willm; Captain: Finlay, Charles. The voyage began at Bristol on 7 January 1747. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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